Moises, why didn’t you say something sooner?

April 2nd, 2008 at 08:33am Wally Haas

A wire story I saw today quotes former Cub Moises Alou as saying he wouldn’t have caught the infamous Bartman foul ball anyway.

I don’t know why it’s taken him so long to say that. When I watched the game, and as you’ve seen on the endless highlights of the play, Alou looked pretty upset when he didn’t get to that ball. Seemed at the time that he thought he had a chance at it. Maybe he’s seen the replays often enough that he realized he wouldn’t have caught it.

I never put as much emphasis on that play as what happened afterward. Alex Gonzalez booting a potential double-play grounder irked me a lot more.

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